Means for secu ring fence-wires



(No Model.)

0. H. VAN WAGONER. MEANS FOR SECURING FENCE WIRES. 1

No. 511,378. Patented Dec.- 26, 1893 NITED STATES PATENT mm.

CHARLES H. VAN W'AGONER, OF HOMER, MICHIGAN.

MEANS FOR SECU RINGFENCE-WIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,378, dated December 26, 1893.

Application filed March 20,1893. Serial No. 466,911. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. VAN WAG- ONER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Homer, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Securing Fence-Wires; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in devices for fastening fence wires, and it has for its object among others to provide a simple and cheap device which can be readily applied to a post and be firmly held in position and still firmly hold the wire. I provide a triangular metallic part with hooks or loops to embrace the edges of a triangular post, the said loops or hooks being preferably provided with spurs or the like to engage the edges of the post and more securely bind the device thereon. At the angle there is a loop provided with a slot or slit for the reception of the wire which is held therein bya vertical wire or rod. As many as may be desired may be applied to the post and easily adjusted to any desired height thereon.

One Vertical rod or wire will serve to hold all of the fence wires.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.

The invention in the present instance resides in the peculiar construction of the fastener as will be more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification and in which- Figure 1 is a view of a fence post showing some of my improved devices in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the fasteners removed. Fig. 3 is a central I section through the same.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views in which they appear.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates afence post preferably of metal V-shaped in cross section and of one or two parts as may be found most expedient.

My improved fence wire fastener consists of a strip or piece of metal of any desired width and thickness, bent to form the two portions at substantially a right angle to each other and each of the free ends is bent to form a hook or loop B open at the end so as to embrace the edges of the post as shown, with the free end of the loop or book substantially parallel with the main portion or body of the arm B. At the junction of the two arms there is formed the loop 0 which may extend outward any desired length and which is provided with a horizontal slit or. slot 0 as shown for the reception of the fence wire D. Within the bends of the loops or hooks B there is provided a spur or point cl extending inwardly as shown so as to engage the edges of the post when the device is applied thereto.

In practice, the fastener is made somewhat loose for the post so that it may be readily slipped over the end thereof with the hooks or loops B embracing the edges of the post, i

and as many of these may be employed as may be necessary. They are slipped over the end of the post to about the desired position and then the fence wires D are placed in the slots or slits of the loops 0 as shown and secured therein either by a single pin or rod for each fence wire, or a single vertical rod or pin E passed downward behind the bend of the loop as shown so as to hold all of the wires in position. The weight of the fastener aided by that of the fence wires will serve to hold the fastener in position upon the post, and the weight will cause the points or spurs to engage the edges of the post and more securely bind the same thereon. The spurs or points may be omitted if desired, in which case it will be preferable to make the loops B a tighter fit on the post.

The fasteners may be struck up from suitable material and are cheap, durable, not liable to get out of order or broken, and in practice have proven most efficient for the purpose for which they are intended.

What I claim as new isbrace the edges of a post and having spurs sub- 1. A fence-wire fastener provided .with a stantially as and for the purpose specified. [O wire-receiving portion, and loops to embrace In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in the edges of the poet and provided with spurs, presence of two witnesses.

5 as set forth. CHARLES H. VAN WAGONER.

2. The fence wire fastener described having Witnesses: its sides or arms at right angles and formed P. J. ROGERS, Jr., with a bend with a slot and with loops to em- FRANKLIN H. HOUGH. 

